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user2146087
user2146087

Reputation: 21

Error while running Snort intrusion detection system

I'm trying to run Snort on my PC ,, windows 7,I get this error every time I run it on the command prompt ,, any Ideas about this error ??

ERROR: c:\Snort\etc\snort.conf(511) => Unable to open address file C:\Snort\rule
s\white_list.rules, Error: No such file or directory
Fatal Error, Quitting..
Could not create the registry key.

thank u .

Upvotes: 2

Views: 11963

Answers (2)

Robin Wu
Robin Wu

Reputation: 21

Can try disable white_list.rules and black_list.rules in snort.conf

#whitelist $WHITE_LIST_PATH/white_list.rules, \
#blacklist $BLACK_LIST_PATH/black_list.rules

Upvotes: 2

Goaler444
Goaler444

Reputation: 2621

The whitelist and blacklist files are required by the reputation preprocessor. Snort's default installation doesnt create the list files, but it is up to you to create them.

If you dont want to use the reputation processor, just comment it out or remove it from your configuration file

Upvotes: 2

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